Re: 14" SCT diffraction pattern posted, comments welcome on degree of SA

From: John Steinberg (seesig_at_bottom.net)
Date: 07/14/04 

Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:54:27 GMT

Chris1011 wrote:

> Can't find any such site. How do you get there?

It's not a site, it's a Usenet newsgroup.

Subscribing to newsgroups via AOL's client is not difficult but the
exact process is best left to someone who still uses AOL.

Of course, if I can get preferred placement(i.e., booted to the top of
the wait list) on the 155mm f7 Starfire EDFS with a 900GTO, I'd even
fly out to Rockford to assist.

As I recall, it was simply a matter of using the expert subscription
button on the newsgroups acess pane, and putting the group name in
[alt.binaries.pictures.astro], but it's been a while since I had
the..um..pleasure.

Downloading binaries via AOL is not much of a pleasure either, and you
really should be very aware of the source and the content before
attempting as much. Usenet has been the originating source of a lot of
malware and binaries are often the vehicle of choice for disbursement.

Now that I've frightened half the audience, I've downloaded Ian's C14
SA pic and I can vouch for it being 100% clean of anything nasty.

However, I cannot make a determination regarding the spherical
abberation he is trying to document and evaulate because a).to me, the
images are not conclusive and b). I'm an idiot. 

-- 
-John Steinberg
email: not@thistime.invalid
                   -=  I link therefore I'm spammed  =-

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